What are you listening 2 now?

[Nostromo]

[Symphonic Addict]

The Symphonic Studies are best of all!

The Lyrita recording is the finest one available.

[Symphonic Addict]

A truly marvellous disc. I purchased it for the Braunfels sextet but through it I got to discover Busch as a composer - and a fine one. Really worth exploring.

If I'm not mistaken, the same ensemble (on the same label) performed some stuff by Röntgen with exceptional results too.

[Symphonic Addict]

d'Indy: Jour d'été à la montagne

In some way, this work is a sort of precursor of Strauss' Eine Alpensinfonie in that it also depicts a day in the mountain and it ends as it begins, featuring vividly atmospheric nocturnal sounds, doing the whole cycle of the day, and I must say, in a very effective manner. I think d'Indy is kind of underappreciated nowadays. He excelled in his craft: tone painting. He was a real master in that regard and this composition exhibits that skill most magnificently.

[JBS]

Third listen. The Bach (Partita 6 in e minor BWV 830 being the main entry*) is better than the Beethoven (Op 90 in e minor and Op 109 in E Major) or the Schubert (Sonata in e minor D566).

*The Prelude in E Major BWV 854 and the Sarabande from French Suite No 6 in E Major BWV 817 bookend the CD.

[AnotherSpin]

[vandermolen]

And worst cover in any format...

Yes, it's really weird!
The performance was more recently issued on Melodiya.

[Que]

Interesting! 

Melnikov redid these pieces with some HIP powerhouses... and it didn't quite live up to my high expectations...

[Roasted Swan]

d'Indy: Jour d'été à la montagne

In some way, this work is a sort of precursor of Strauss' Eine Alpensinfonie in that it also depicts a day in the mountain and it ends as it begins, featuring vividly atmospheric nocturnal sounds, doing the whole cycle of the day, and I must say, in a very effective manner. I think d'Indy is kind of underappreciated nowadays. He excelled in his craft: tone painting. He was a real master in that regard and this composition exhibits that skill most magnificently.

the first piece of D'Indy I ever got to know and certainly the one that 'hooked me in'.  Very attractive and appealing work.

[Daverz]

Ernesto Halffter's Sinfonietta is quickly becoming one of my favorite finds of 2025!

His ballet Sonatina is in a similar neo-Classical vein:

This evening's listening:

Bartok String Quartet No. 6 - Quatuor Diotima

I don't remember this work sounding so difficult before.  I must need more fiber in my musical diet.